Monday, February 23, 2015

For the poor ye shall have with you always

The
Church of England was accused of double standards by a newspaper and
lawmakers on Monday for offering jobs in cathedrals at lower wages than
those it has called on other British employers to pay their workers.

The Sun found several ads for work in the cathedrals that pay less than the living wage the bishops have been criticizing others for not meeting.

Archbishop
of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said the Church recognised that no employer
could ramp up wages overnight, and was working hard to get to a point
where it was paying all of its workers the living wage.

"It's
embarrassing. We'd prefer to be there. We're getting there as quickly
as we can," Welby, the spiritual head of the 80-million strong Anglican
communion, told the BBC.